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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1988

HONG KONG TO JOIN OECD SEMINAR

AND

IN AN INFORMAL SEMINAR A TEAM FROM HONG KONG WILL TAKE PART ORGANISED BY THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION DEVELOPMENT (OECD) IN PARIS, BETWEEN JANUARY 24 AND 25.

THAT NEWLY

MACLEOD, SAID THE OECD INDUSTRIALISING

HAD

THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH

THIS WAS

TIME THE FIRST TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT

SOME OF THE ESTABLISHED

WITH A DIALOGUE ECONOMIES (NIE'S) OF ASIA.

MR

THE HONG KONG GROUP WILL CONSIST OF the

CHIEF MICHAEL CARTLAND; TRADE AND INDUSTRY,

MR CORPORATION, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

EXPORTERS

MR LTD, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WING TAI

BANKING

BCONOMIST OF VINCENT CHENG;

CHRISTOPHER

DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE AND CHENG

SINGAPORE, TAIWAN AND

THAILAND

ALL WILL ATTEND IN A PERSONAL CAPACITY,

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT KOREA, WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE SEMINAR.

THE OECD WAS

IS A FORUM FOR A

ESTABLISHED IN 1961 AND IT DISCUSSION WHERE GOVERNMENTS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH

FOR VIEW TO IDENTIFYING ACTION

DEVELOPMENT. ECONOMIC THERE ARE 24 MEMBER COUNTRIES.

AT

PRESENT

BROAD AND THE BE CONSIDERED SHOULD BE POLICY, INTERNATIONAL

THE SCOPE OF DISCUSSION AT THE SEMINAR WILL BE OECD HAS PROPOSED THAT AMONG THE TOPICS TO THE WORLD ECONOMY, FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY.

THE AIM IS TO

AWARENESS IMPROVE

AND

UNDERSTANDING OF TEH

POSITIONS OF THOSE PARTICIPATING AND TO IDENTIFY SUBJECTS ON FURTHER CONTACTS MIGHT BE USEFUL.

WHICH

SURVEY SHOWS DECLINE IN SMOKING HABIT

KONG

TO DECLINE SINCE

RESULTS OF THE LATEST SURVEY ON SMOKING PATTERNS OF HONG PEOPLE SHOWED THAT THE SMOKING HABIT HAS CONTINUED THE FIRST SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN 1982.

THE PERCENTAGE OF SMOKERS AMONG THE POPULATION TO 16.8 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH 17.4 PER CENT IN 1986 CENT IN 1982.

A GOVERNMENT

SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY

KONG

ON

HAS GONE DOWN AND 23.3 PER

(FRIDAY) THE FINDINGS SMOKING AND INDICATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY OF DISCOURAGING

SMOKING COUNCIL

AND HEALTH THE EFFORTS OF THE HONG PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT RESULTS.

WERE

/"NEVERTHELESS, THE